Legal Opinion

Newton v. Speare Laundering Co.

Supreme Court of Rhode Island

Decided July 11, 1896PublishedCited by 3 opinions

Defendants’ petition for a new trial.

1Opinion of the CourtStiness, J.

The defendants hired of the Newport Laundry Co. a laundry plant, comprising both real and personal estate, May 14, 1894, at $125 per month. The testimony shows that a lease was talked about and drawn up, but it was not signed by all of the lessors nor by the defendants, and the only defendant who testified denied that it was agreed to. The judge who tried the case treated the hiring as one from month to month, and we think he was correct. <

The real estate was subject to a 'mortgage, under which it was sold at auction September 8, 1894 ; and the plaintiff, being the purchaser, brings this…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Withers v. LarrabeeSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1861

3Cited by3 opinions

  1. McSweeney Et Ux. v. DornSupreme Court of Vermont · 1932
  2. Bove v. Transcom Electronics, Inc.Supreme Court of Rhode Island · 1976
  3. Slocum v. SaulDistrict Court, D. Alaska · 2019

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